Fitting in nowhere
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Why is it so difficult for me to start things? Am I a failure? I have always grappled with these questions, and they haunt me to this day. I hate starting things, and I...
Minimalism vs. maximalism
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My house is littered with trinkets and knick-knacks that seem to seep out from every corner and crevice. One may call my home cluttered, but I choose to think of it more as a...
No Kings protests sweep the U.S.
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As Republicans try to minimize the effect of the No Kings protests, I find myself thinking more about the power people have in numbers. The No Kings protests took place in the U.S. on...
Can tarot and The Simpsons predict the future?
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As a teenage girl, I never had the experience of dabbling in tarot, Ouija boards and witchcraft. I was scared by the horror movies I would watch as a prepubescent teenager and was afraid...
We’ll love you forever
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Robert Munsch, the famed Canadian children’s novelist, has always been one of my favourite authors. His whimsical stories enchant me, with both his drawings and pictures eliciting a form of childhood nostalgia whenever I...
Éire go brách
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Is é an bealach is faide timpeall an bealach is goire abhaile — translated from Gaelic, this quote means, “It’s often the longer, more deliberate route that delivers a quicker result.” My Irish grandmother...
Roommates and reality
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Although I have never had roommates myself, I feel like I have lived through several lifetimes of having to deal with housemate situations through my friends’ experiences.
I believe that roommates are sometimes necessary, whether...






